London School of EconomicsSU | Alternative Investments Conference2008
- Speakers:
- Private Equity:
- David Blitzer, The Blackstone Group
- Marc Rowan, Apollo Management
- Lord Clive Hollick, KKR
- Sir Ronald Cohen, Portland Capital
- Alex Dibelius, Goldman Sachs Germany
- Arif Naqvi, Abraaj Capital
- Colin Taylor, DLJ Merchant Banking
- Andrew Cowley, Macquarie
- Brian Dickie, Investcorp
- Conor Kehoe, McKinsey
- Robert Ramsauer, The Blackstone Group
- Michael Abraham, UBS Financial Sponsors
- John Sinik, UBS Financing
- Jon Mills, KPMG AIU
- Vincenzo Morelli, TPG Capital
- Bastian Lueken, TPG Capital
- Heino Meerkatt, The Boston Consulting Group
- Veronica John
- Brian Phillips, Greenhill Capital Partners Europe
- Michael Goold, Ashridge SMC
- Prof. Viral Acharya, LBS
- Charlie Green, Candover, PE foundation
- J.C. van den Branden, Bain & Company
- Simon Walker, BVCA
- Hedge Funds:
- Randall Dillard, Liongate Capital Management
- Anthony Clake, Marshall Wace
- Daoud Zekrya, Marshall Wace
- Paul Harvey, GLG Partners
- Stanley Fink, Man Group plc
- Adam Glinsman, Lansdowne Partners
- Guy Hurley, Merrill Lynch
- Appu Mundassery, Highland Capital
- Morten Spenner, IAM
- Alon Avner, Sankaty Advisors
- Lara Sevanot, UBP
- Terry Mellish, UBP
- Thomas Deinet, Oliver Wyman
- Jeff Biss, Société Générale
- Clive Emery, Société Générale
- Mark Yallop, ICAP
- Nikhil Mankodi, Pine River Capital
- Steven Drobny, Drobny Global Advisors
- Prof. M. Choudhry, London Metropolitan
- Stefan Pollmann, SemperMacro Capital LLP
- Savvas Savouri, QuantMetriks Research
- Chairs:
- Sir Andrew Large, Hedge Fund Working Group
- Sir Geoffrey Owen, Financial Times
- Martin Arnold, Financial Times
- Paul Mullins, Boston Consulting Group
- Neil Wilson, Hedge Fund Intelligence
- Howard Davies, LSE
- Prof. Ron Anderson, LSE
- Prof. Danny Quah, LSE

Vincenzo Morelli is an Operating Partner at the Texas Pacific Group [TPG], a leading global private equity investment firm, where he focuses on the performance, management and governance of European investments.
Prior to joining TPG, in January 2005, Mr. Morelli was a Managing Director with Alvarez and Marsal, the turnaround and crisis management firm, where he served as Geshäftsführer of Schulte GmbH and as Chief Executive Officer of the Fantuzzi Group SARL. Before A&M, Mr. Morelli was a Senior Advisor with Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, where he served as Vice Chairman of Italtel S.p.A.
Earlier in his career he worked for Boston Consulting Group in Paris and Chicago and has served as President and CEO of GE Medical Systems-Europe (and Président Directeur Général of Thomson-Compagnie Générale de Radiologie), Executive Vice President of FIAT Group in charge of New Holland, a joint venture with Ford Motor Company, and Chief Executive Officer of Kontron Instruments, an investment of BC Partners.
Mr. Morelli serves on the Boards of Directors of Bally International AG and Mey Alkollü Içkiler SA.VE TIV.AS. He is also non-executive Chairman of UME Investments Co. Limited, a U.K. Private Finance Initiative investor.
Mr. Morelli holds an MBA from Stanford University, where he was a Morgan Stanley Fellow and a Miller Scholar, and an MA with Honours in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.
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